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The custom was given up in James the First's time, and the passage abandoned, on account of the well-known legend of the Mauthe Dog a fiend, or demon, in the shape of a large, shaggy, black mastiff, by which the church was said to be haunted.
In the Isle of Man a similar kind of phantasm, called "the Mauthe dog," was said to walk Peel Castle; whilst many of the Welsh lanes particularly that leading from Mowsiad to Lisworney Crossways are, according to Wirt Sikes' British Goblins, haunted by the gwyllgi, a big black dog of the most terrifying aspect.
Another form of this animal spectre is the Capelthwaite, which, according to common report, had the power of appearing in the form of any quadruped, but usually chose that of a large, black dog. "The Mauthe Doog" One of the most famous canine apparitions is that of the "Mauthe Doog," once said and, I believe, still said to haunt Peel Castle, Isle of Man.
On one occasion, however, one of the sentinels, in a fit of drunken bravado, swore he was afraid of nothing, and insisted on going alone. His comrades tried to dissuade him, upon which he became abusive, cursed the Mauthe Doog, and said he would d d well strike it.
The Mauthe Doog used to come out and return by the passage through the church, by which the sentry on duty had to go to deliver the keys every night to the captain. These men, however, were far too nervous to go alone, and were invariably accompanied by one of the retainers.
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